Arno Kitts

Investment Committee Member

Mr. Kitts brings over 30 years of experience to The Valesco Group’s investment committee. He has experience investing across all asset classes through a number of economic and investment cycles. Previously, Mr. Kitts was Managing Director and head of the £250 billion BlackRock UK Institutional Business, which managed investments for over 1,000 clients across all asset classes, and also Chief Executive of the £100 billion BlackRock Life fund vehicle. Prior to that he was Head of Institutional Investments and Co-Head of Global Distribution at Henderson Global Investors, responsible for managing the capital of insurance companies, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds across the world. Mr. Kitts was a member of the Senior Management Team and a director of Henderson Alternative Investment Advisors and the AlphaGen Capital hedge funds. Earlier, Mr. Kitts was a JP Morgan Managing Director, responsible for institutional business and he was Chief Executive of JP Morgan Life. Mr. Kitts has a BSc. (1st Class Honours) in Mathematics and a PhD in Social Statistics, both from Southampton University. He is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Actuaries and of the UK Institute of Directors.